Mina and Olivia stared at Oric who had plopped his body onto the floor of the tent like a spoiled child. They were too embarrassed to tell him that they had 'overheard' what he had done, but were also concerned over how saddened he looked. Instead of talking to either of them as he had suggested he had come to do, he just sat there staring at his own feet.
Mina nudged Olivia with her arm, but the woman shook her head, unwilling to say anything.
"You know, all this time I had no idea that was why she hated me enough to leave the country," Oric finally said.
"You didn't know?" Olivia asked, not finding anything else to say. Oric shook his head and laid back in the place where he was sitting, and Mina gingerly threw him the extra blanket and heating pad.
"Connor mentioned something, but I didn't know that was how she saw things."
